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Christine Pizzuti - Poughkeepsie Journal

Chaya Hecht, 5, and her brother, JJ, 4, make sand art at one of the game stations at the Pre-Purim Festival at the Congregation Agudas Achim in Kingston on Sunday.

KINGSTON, NY — In anticipation of Purim, the celebration of the rescue of Jews from Ancient Persia, Chabad Lubavitch of Ulster County held a Pre-Purim Carnival Sunday at the Congregation Agudas Achim in Kingston, complete with fire juggling and a “Guess How Many Hamantaschen Are in the Jar” table.

Pre-Purim Carnival: Families have holiday fun

Christine Pizzuti – Poughkeepsie Journal

Chaya Hecht, 5, and her brother, JJ, 4, make sand art at one of the game stations at the Pre-Purim Festival at the Congregation Agudas Achim in Kingston on Sunday.

KINGSTON, NY — In anticipation of Purim, the celebration of the rescue of Jews from Ancient Persia, Chabad Lubavitch of Ulster County held a Pre-Purim Carnival Sunday at the Congregation Agudas Achim in Kingston, complete with fire juggling and a “Guess How Many Hamantaschen Are in the Jar” table.

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New Engagement!

Mendel Shemtov (Crown Heights) to Mushka Palace (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1345 President Street
New Engagement!

Moshe Maiman (Mequon, WI) to Hinda Teich (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholem Ber and Deena Wolberg from Glencoe, IL had a baby girl.
New Engagement!

Menachem Rubenfeld (S. Diego, CA) to Chani Geisinsky (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Pinny Itkin (Scranton, PA) to Esty Baumgarten (East Hampton, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at the JCM
Baby Boy!

Eliyahu and Chayale Citron from Portland, Oregon had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Shneur Pink (Manchester, UK) to Sheindel November (Teaneck, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
New Engagement!

Levi Katan (Kfar Chabad, EY) to Miriam Krichevsky (London, UK)
Baby Girl!

Yakov and Tzivia (nee Fogel) Staschower from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Boy!

Sender and Chana Sara Segel from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
Baby Girl!

Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Vaisfiche) Labkowski from Buffalo, NY had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Zalmy Liberow (Colorado Springs, CO) to Fraidel Werde (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, August 7th, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
New Engagement!

Yaakov Levy (Crown Heights) to Mimi Stern (Houston, TX)
New Engagement!

Mendel Schaffran (Brooklyn, NY) to Chana Friedman (Pittsburgh, PA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
Baby Boy!

Zev and Chaya Mushka Shusterman from Coral Springs, FL had a baby boy!
New Engagement!

Mendel Vardi (Yerushalayim, EY) to Sara Namdar (Gothenburg, Sweden) L’Chaim: Tuesday, the 4th of Av, 8:30pm at The Garden House 1386 S. Johns Pl
Baby Girl!

Sholom and Chaya Mushka (nee Rosenfeld) Katz from Lauderhill, FL had a baby girl!

Staying Grounded

Sue Fishkoff – J Post

By the time Matisyahu loped onstage for what had been billed for days as a surprise appearance at last week’s Jewlicious festival – an annual event organized by Beach Hillel at the Long Beach JCC – it was a surprise only to festival organizers.

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Alexis Fitts - New Haven Advocate

NEW HAVEN, CT — I'm a Jew of the stomach: bagels and schmear, kugel and latkes are as spiritual as I get. My mother was raised by post-Holocaust transplants of Eastern Europe—a nervously practicing bunch—and the ideology seeped between generations. I wasn’t bat mitzvahed, I’ve never been to synagogue, and the closest I get to religion is washing away my neuroses with a blanket disclaimer: “I’m Jewish!”

Whoever Said “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” Never Ate at Yale’s Chabad House

Alexis Fitts – New Haven Advocate

NEW HAVEN, CT — I’m a Jew of the stomach: bagels and schmear, kugel and latkes are as spiritual as I get. My mother was raised by post-Holocaust transplants of Eastern Europe—a nervously practicing bunch—and the ideology seeped between generations. I wasn’t bat mitzvahed, I’ve never been to synagogue, and the closest I get to religion is washing away my neuroses with a blanket disclaimer: “I’m Jewish!”

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Tamar Runyan - Chabad.org

Last week, vandals scrawled swastikas on
Jewish graves in Berdichev, Ukraine. They
targeted the tomb of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak,
an 18th-century Chasidic master.
BERDICHEV, Ukraine — Police in Berdichev, Ukraine, arrested the leader of a new anti-Semitic group responsible for vandalizing the tomb of 18th-century Chasidic master, according to Rabbi Moshe Thaler, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary there.

Thaler discovered the damage to the building March 2. He found windows smashed and part of a wall missing. The structure houses the grave of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev, one of the students of the Baal Shem Tov's successor, the Maggid of Mezrich. He was a contemporary of the first Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi.

When Thaler returned the following day, the wall had been broken down completely and someone had scratched a swastika into the building's door. Police, along with Mayor Masily Mazur, visited the site March 4 and opened an investigation.

Alleged Vandal of Chasidic Master’s Tomb Arrested in Ukraine

Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org

Last week, vandals scrawled swastikas on
Jewish graves in Berdichev, Ukraine. They
targeted the tomb of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak,
an 18th-century Chasidic master.

BERDICHEV, Ukraine — Police in Berdichev, Ukraine, arrested the leader of a new anti-Semitic group responsible for vandalizing the tomb of 18th-century Chasidic master, according to Rabbi Moshe Thaler, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary there.

Thaler discovered the damage to the building March 2. He found windows smashed and part of a wall missing. The structure houses the grave of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev, one of the students of the Baal Shem Tov’s successor, the Maggid of Mezrich. He was a contemporary of the first Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi.

When Thaler returned the following day, the wall had been broken down completely and someone had scratched a swastika into the building’s door. Police, along with Mayor Masily Mazur, visited the site March 4 and opened an investigation.

Chabad News
Collegian

Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik

FORT COLLINS, CO — The university's 3-year-old Chabad organization has spent the entirety of its existence fighting with the City of Fort Collins and the university for bits and pieces of recognition and Friday night they got anther one.

After a month of toil and argument with Lory Student Center Dining Services, Rabbi Yerachmeil Gorelik finally convinced them to allow him and Jewish students to kosher the LSC kitchen for the first time in CSU history.

Congrats to the Chabad of Fort Collins

Collegian

Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik

FORT COLLINS, CO — The university’s 3-year-old Chabad organization has spent the entirety of its existence fighting with the City of Fort Collins and the university for bits and pieces of recognition and Friday night they got anther one.

After a month of toil and argument with Lory Student Center Dining Services, Rabbi Yerachmeil Gorelik finally convinced them to allow him and Jewish students to kosher the LSC kitchen for the first time in CSU history.

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Shloime and Alyson Feldman (Crown Heights) on the birth of their son.

May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!

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FJC.ru
TOMSK, Russia — Jews of Tomsk have been faced with a disturbing new incident that has them shocked. Several vandals struck the city's Synagogue. The incident took place on Wednesday night and involved throwing stones through the windows of the building, which hosts a wide range of programs carried out by the local Jewish community.

As typically occurs in similar incidents, the culprits arranged to carry out their crime in the midst of night, after which they immediately ran to conceal their identity. This has made the police's work even more difficult to perform, since no witnesses have been identified so far.

Siberian Synagogue Struck by Vandals

FJC.ru

TOMSK, Russia — Jews of Tomsk have been faced with a disturbing new incident that has them shocked. Several vandals struck the city’s Synagogue. The incident took place on Wednesday night and involved throwing stones through the windows of the building, which hosts a wide range of programs carried out by the local Jewish community.

As typically occurs in similar incidents, the culprits arranged to carry out their crime in the midst of night, after which they immediately ran to conceal their identity. This has made the police’s work even more difficult to perform, since no witnesses have been identified so far.

Chabad News

BP Markowitz joining legislation co-sponsors at Brooklyn Borough Hall press conference announcing mortgage foreclosure moratorium legislation. Photo by Kathryn Kirk.

BROOKLYN, NY — On March 7, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joined Assemblymember Jim Brennan (D-Bklyn), Senator Frank Padavan (R-Queens), Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and Bertha Lewis, Executive Director of ACORN, at a Brooklyn Borough Hall press conference announcing foreclosure moratorium legislation. The bill would place a one-year moratorium on foreclosure and give at-risk homeowners a chance to work with lenders to find fair and equitable ways to restructure their loans and protect their homes.

Boro Pres Merkowitz Throws Support Behind Legislation Protecting Homeowners

BP Markowitz joining legislation co-sponsors at Brooklyn Borough Hall press conference announcing mortgage foreclosure moratorium legislation. Photo by Kathryn Kirk.

BROOKLYN, NY — On March 7, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joined Assemblymember Jim Brennan (D-Bklyn), Senator Frank Padavan (R-Queens), Queens Borough President Helen Marshall and Bertha Lewis, Executive Director of ACORN, at a Brooklyn Borough Hall press conference announcing foreclosure moratorium legislation. The bill would place a one-year moratorium on foreclosure and give at-risk homeowners a chance to work with lenders to find fair and equitable ways to restructure their loans and protect their homes.

NYC News

Tomorrow will be the last day it is possible to register for a spot in this year’s Crown Heights Softball League! Registration and runs through 12th of March at 9:00 pm.

VERY IMPORTANT: There will be no exceptions - if there is a player from last year who has not registered before the above date, he will lose his spot. Please follow the directions in the application form below. Do not attempt to mail in the applications.

Click Here to download the application form.

Softball Dates: May – August, Tuesday and Thursday evenings and occasional Sundays. To get in touch with a softball commissioner email chsoftball@gmail.com

PSA: There is 1 Day Left to Register!

Tomorrow will be the last day it is possible to register for a spot in this year’s Crown Heights Softball League! Registration and runs through 12th of March at 9:00 pm.

VERY IMPORTANT: There will be no exceptions – if there is a player from last year who has not registered before the above date, he will lose his spot. Please follow the directions in the application form below. Do not attempt to mail in the applications.

Click Here to download the application form.

Softball Dates: May – August, Tuesday and Thursday evenings and occasional Sundays. To get in touch with a softball commissioner email chsoftball@gmail.com

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Mazal Tov! – Its A Boy!

We would like to wish a very heart Mazal Tov! to and Levi and Chana (nee Duchman) Banon (Crown Heights) on the birth of their firstborn son!

May the newborn be an endless source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents, relatives and Klal Yisroel!

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Oholei Torah Shalach Monos Basket. Illustration Photo.

We are pleased to inform you that we have extended our FINAL deadline for the Achdus Basket Project to March 16, 2008. We are requesting, however that you submit your order as soon as possible so that we can process it accordingly. To place your order, please call Sara Popack 718-735-2484, Shuffi Telsner 718-774-2778, Aida Junik 718-953-3197, or Kayli Malamud 718-363-1619.

More in the Extended Article.

Oholei Torah PTA Achdus and Shalach Monos Baskets

Oholei Torah Shalach Monos Basket. Illustration Photo.

We are pleased to inform you that we have extended our FINAL deadline for the Achdus Basket Project to March 16, 2008. We are requesting, however that you submit your order as soon as possible so that we can process it accordingly. To place your order, please call Sara Popack 718-735-2484, Shuffi Telsner 718-774-2778, Aida Junik 718-953-3197, or Kayli Malamud 718-363-1619.

More in the Extended Article.

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Multi-Cultural Dinner Party Celebrates the Jewish Children’s Museum’s Third Anniversary

by Mimi Notik

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over 500 guests comprised of community leaders, supporters and friends gathered last night at the Jewish Children’s Museum to celebrate its third anniversary with an international food walk-through and awards ceremony.

“Tonight’s theme reflects our mission of uniting various cultures. Through foods spanning the globe, we celebrate each other’s diversity in a fun and engaging way,” said Mendy Spalter, the Museum’s Director of Development.

More pictures in the Extended Article! (117 Pictures)

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Mazal Tov! – New Engagement!

We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Yerachmiel Roma Binder (Tel Aviv, Israel / Crown Heights) and Liza Leah Kirilov (Toronto, Canada) on their engagement.

The L’Chaim will IYH be tonight, Monday at Hadar Hatorah 824 Eastern Pkwy, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].

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JTA.org
DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities reportedly identified the four attackers of a Dnepropetrovsk rabbi. (As reported here).

A special unit of the Secret Service and Ministry of Interior Affairs named the assailants who severely beat Rabbi Dov-Ber Baitman, a teacher at the Jewish educational center Shiurey Torah and the anchor of the local Jewish television show “Video-HiTaS,” on Jan. 24.

During the attack after evening classes at the educational center, the suspects also shouted anti-Semitic slurs at Baitman, a Lubavitch-Chabad emissary.

Rabbi’s Attackers Identified

JTA.org

DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities reportedly identified the four attackers of a Dnepropetrovsk rabbi. (As reported here).

A special unit of the Secret Service and Ministry of Interior Affairs named the assailants who severely beat Rabbi Dov-Ber Baitman, a teacher at the Jewish educational center Shiurey Torah and the anchor of the local Jewish television show “Video-HiTaS,” on Jan. 24.

During the attack after evening classes at the educational center, the suspects also shouted anti-Semitic slurs at Baitman, a Lubavitch-Chabad emissary.

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